Love

The Sea's Wooing (Mackail)

by Meleager of Gadara fl. c. 100 BC

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Love

Fond Asclepias with her sparkling eyes as of Calm woos all to make the voyage of love.

MLA

Gadara, Meleager of. “The Sea's Wooing (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/153/.

Chicago

Gadara, Meleager of. “The Sea's Wooing (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meleager/153/.

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